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The Public Company Handbook - Third Edition

Dated: February 2006

Author(s): Stewart M. Landefeld, Andrew B. Moore, and Jens M. Fischer

Firm: Perkins Coie

Obligations of a public company under the U.S. securities laws.

This securities resource highlights the obligations of a U.S. public company corporate governance and disclosure. Written in a very clear, direct and readable style, executives of public companies can learn:

  • What the periodic and "real-time" reporting obligations are for public companies
  • All about public disclosure issues, including Regulations FD, G and MA
  • What the insider reporting obligations and trading restrictions are for corporate insiders
  • How to set up a 10b5-1 trading plan
  • Annual proxy statements, annual reports and annual meeting requirements
  • NYSE and NASDAQ, corporate governance listing standards
  • The best corporate governance practices after Sarbanes-Oxley
  • How to deal with the possibility of takeover
  • How to effect the reverse of going public - deregistration and going private

Anyone who needs to know about the obligations of a public company under the securities laws - from law student to practicing lawyer to corporate executive or director, in-house counsel, investment banker, or accountant, should read this guide.

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The Public Company Handbook - Third Edition